ChandigarhIn another blow to Haryana minister Anil Vij, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader lost two key state portfolios he was in charge of in a reallocation announced on Tuesday. Vij lost both the portfolios of Technical Education and Science and Technology, as they were merged into the Department of Higher Education, which was held by minister Mool Chand Sharma.
While Vij continues to hold the Home, Health, Medical Education and Research and AYUSH portfolios, the loss of the Technical Education and Science and Technology portfolios is the second blow for the minister after losing control of the CID in January 2020, when it was transferred to the CID. Was thrown out. under home department
“The Governor of Haryana, on the advice of the Chief Minister, makes the following allocation/re-allocation of portfolios among the members of the Council of Ministers with immediate effect,” read the official notification. free Tuesday
The reallocation put Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar in charge of the maximum number of departments. Including what he already holds, the CM will now head 14 departments in the Haryana government. These include Finance, Institutional Finance and Credit Control, Town and Country Planning and Urban Estate, Irrigation and Water Resources, Planning, Justice Administration, Architecture, General Administration, Criminal Investigation, Personnel and Training, Raj Bhavan Affairs, Social Justice and Empowerment. Scheduled Castes and Backward Classes Welfare and Antyodaya (Services), Youth Empowerment and Entrepreneurship, Information, Public Relations, Language and Culture and Sports and any other department not specifically allocated to any minister.
The sports department was earlier held by Sandeep Singh, who has been to book On charges of alleged sexual harassment by the Chandigarh Police. Singh relinquished charge of the ministry after the FIR was lodged against him.
Meanwhile, speaking to ThePrint on Wednesday, Vij said the number of portfolios he has been given does not matter to him. “I do my work with commitment and will continue to do so,” he added.
As Minister for Science and Technology, Vij was the boss of senior IAS officer Ashok Khemka. Khemka was also there a day before Vij lost two departments transferred For the archives department with a relatively low profile.
Tuesday’s reallocation was expected, as the Haryana government did on January 1 issued A notification announcing its decision to merge departments of similar nature to harmonize their functioning and improve administrative efficiency.
read this also, Haryana ‘Love Jihad’ law first case litmus test- Government’s agenda, Sangh’s help, new fears
who got what
The Haryana cabinet currently has 14 ministers including CM Khattar.
Tuesday’s reallocation left Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chautala unaffected as he holds the portfolios of Revenue and Disaster Management, Excise and Taxation, Industry and Commerce, Public Works (B&R), Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs, Civil Aviation and Rehabilitation. remained in charge. He already has.
Education Minister Kanwar Pal, who earlier held the portfolios of both school and higher education, will now head the School Education, Parliamentary Affairs, Hospitality, Environment, Forest and Wildlife, and Heritage and Tourism departments.
Minister Moolchand Sharma will now head the departments of Transport, Mines and Geology, Election and Higher Education, while Ranjit Singh will continue to handle Energy and Prisons.
Jai Prakash Dalal will head the departments of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Fisheries and Law and Justice, while Dr Banwari Lal will continue to head the Cooperative and Public Health Engineering departments.
Dr Kamal Gupta will continue to head urban local bodies and housing for all, while Devendra Singh Babli will now head development and panchayats.
Among ministers of state, Om Prakash Yadav will head Sainik and Ardh Sainik Welfare (Independent Charge), Social Justice, Empowerment, Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Backward Classes and Antyodaya (Sewa) (attached to Chief Minister Khattar), Kamlesh Dhanda Women and Child Development (independent charge) and archives (independent charge), while Anoop Dhanak will head labor (independent charge), revenue and disaster management (attached to deputy CM Chautala), industries and commerce (attached to deputy CM) and food, civil supplies. Will be prominent. and Consumer Affairs (attached with Deputy CM).
(Edited by Poulomi Banerjee)
read this also, ‘37.4% unemployment in Haryana’ – CMIE stands by report as Khattar, opposition bicker